The Night

Morphine’s final studio Album, The Night, came out on this day 26 years ago. The album featured both Billy and Jerome on drums and was produced and recorded by Mark at his HI-N-DRY home studio in Cambridge. pic.twitter.com/K5hB7vdAPA

— Morphine (@morphine_band) February 1, 2026

"It's too dark to see the landmarks..."

26 Years ago I was living in Auckland living out the worst days of my life. Clinical depression had destroyed every sense of self and made me a victim to all that I believed life had inflicted upon me. Proving myself a failure at life, I even proved myself a failure at trying to commit suicide, and sunk into a void of what felt like endless repetitions of depression, going to work, coming home again, rinse and repeat. 

I had nothing to cheer me up, but I had this album to keep me company through it all.

Thank you Mark Sandman for your beautiful visions, words and music.

And thank you always to the wonderful musicians who helped create the Morphine sound with Mark: Dana Colley, Billy Conway, and Jerome Deupree.

"You're a bedtime story,
the one that keeps the curtains close.
And I hope you're waiting for me,
'cause I can't make it on my own."